Interviews


    Scout Interviews
       Shane Maher


Shane Maher has been in apart of the troop longer then any other scout and even a couple of leaders. He's been on all our camps since 2004 and is the current PL of the Fox Patrol. This year he was PL of our Phoenix campcraft team which were awarded a Gold standard along with only two other troops.

1.    Icelandic tent or Dome tent
Icelandic

2. Gelert, Vango, Regata, Low Alpine or The North face
North face

3. Mountain boots or Not?
Mountain boots

4. Oxtail or Vegetable soup
Oxtail

5. Best Scout Camp
Clonbur

6. favorite Camp meal
Chicken Curry, definatly

7. Best Weekend Away
Mount Mellarey

8. Worst Event with Scouts
Basketball

9. Sisal or Rope for knots
Rope, less burn

10. Won't forget minute in scouting
Getting Gold in the phoenix this year

11. Campcraft or Bases
Campcraft

12. Favourite Day of the Week
Friday

13. Shield or Phoenix
Phoenix

14. Your Favourite PL
James Hegarthy

15. Camping or Hosteling
Camping

16. The Funniest Scout you have known
Barry

17. Head torch or Normal Torch
Head torch

18. New Activity troop should try
Paintballing

19. Best Game / Base in the Hut
Matchstick lighting

20. Hill Walking or Treking
Hill Walking, nothing beats hitting the top

21. What is your 2nd favorite patrol
Eagle

22. Abseiling or River Gorging
River Gorging

23. Favorite Scouting Skill
Campcraft

24. Funniest Moment in scouts
Barry in the phoenix in a different sketch, funniest


17th November 2008

    Scout Interviews
       Barry O'Sullivan


Recently, Barry was promoted to APL of the Eagle patrol, but suspiciously enough considers Eagle to be his "2nd favourite patrol". This year he was 3rd man on our Phoenix team and had a leading role in our sketch. According to other peoples interviews, Barry is considered to be one of the funnier members of the troop.

1.    Icelandic tent or Dome tent
Icelandic tent

2. Gelert, Vango, Regata, Low Alpine or The North face
Gelert

3. Mountain boots or Not?
boots

4. Oxtail or Vegetable soup
Vegetable

5. Best Scout Camp
Clonbur this year. great stuff

6. favorite Camp meal
Chicken Curry (3rd Cork style

7. Best Weekend Away
Curraghchase

8. Worst Event with Scouts
Basketball

9. Sisal or Rope for knots
Sisal

10. Won't forget minute in scouting
When Jason unhooked the main guys and the tent fell down. That was funny

11. Campcraft or Bases
Campcraft

12. Favourite Day of the Week
Saturday and scout day

13. Shield or Phoenix
Phoenix

14. Your Favourite PL
Shane Maher

15. Camping or Hosteling
Camping. Its way better

16. The Funniest Scout you have known
Leigh Doyle

17. Head torch or Normal Torch
Head torch

18. New Activity troop should try
Volleyball

19. Best Game / Base in the Hut
Soccer, I'm the best

20. Hill Walking or Treking
Treking

21. What is your 2nd favorite patrol
Eagle

22. Abseiling or River Gorging
River Gorging

23. Favorite Scouting Skill
Lighting fires, who said first aid? State of it.

24. Funniest Moment in scouts
Definatly, Jason dropping the tent


10th October 2008

    Scout Interviews
       Keith O'Regan (Kento)


Keith is one of many of our current group of scouts who started off in Cubs. This year Keith was part of both our winning Shield team and Gold standard Phoenix team. Here's a picture of him on the Phoenix finishing the gateway.

1.    Icelandic tent or Dome tent
Icelandic tent

2. Gelert, Vango, Regata, Low Alpine or The North face
Vango

3. Mountain boots or Not?
boots

4. Oxtail or Vegetable soup
Vegetable, oxtail is for famine times.

5. Best Scout Camp
Clonbur 08

6. favorite Camp meal
Peter's Potatoes

7. Best Weekend Away
Curraghchase last year. The midnight hike was cool

8. Worst Event with Scouts
I can't think of one

9. Sisal or Rope for knots
Sisal for sure.

10. Won't forget minute in scouting
Winning the camp stick in Clonbur

11. Campcraft or Bases
Campcraft

12. Favourite Day of the Week
Friday (because scouts is on)

13. Shield or Phoenix
Phoenix

14. Your Favourite PL
Shane Maher

15. Camping or Hosteling
Camping

16. The Funniest Scout you have known
Barry and Diarmuid. It's a tie

17. Head torch or Normal Torch
Head torch

18. New Activity troop should try
Parasailing

19. Best Game / Base in the Hut
chairball because i always win

20. Hill Walking or Treking
Treking

21. What is your 2nd favorite patrol
Eagle

22. Abseiling or River Gorging
River Gorging

23. Favorite Scouting Skill
First Aid

24. Funniest Moment in scouts
Barry haha


2nd October 2008

    Scout Interviews
       Ross Marshall


Ross has been a memeber of our troop for a long time. He came up through the ranks starting with cubs. Ross has been on 2 camps in Austria and Clonbur and was part of our winning projects team in April.

1.    Icelandic tent or Dome tent
Icelandic tent

2. Gelert, Vango, Regata, Low Alpine or The North face
Low Alpine - I like the crest

3. Mountain boots or Not?
Mountain boots

4. Oxtail or Vegetable soup
Oxtail

5. Best Scout Camp
Austria 07

6. favorite Camp meal
Chicken Curry all the way

7. Best Weekend Away
Curraghchase with the bottle rockets

8. Worst Event with Scouts
My First night...

9. Sisal or Rope for knots
Rope

10. Won't forget minute in scouting
The craic in the tents with the lads this year on camp

11. Campcraft or Bases
Bases

12. Favourite Day of the Week
Friday.

13. Shield or Phoenix
Shield - Never been on a phoenix

14. Your Favourite PL
James Hegarthy

15. Camping or Hosteling
Tents by far

16. The Funniest Scout you have known
Barry

17. Head torch or Normal Torch
Normal torch

18. New Activity troop should try
Bungee jumping

19. Best Game / Base in the Hut
Swinging the shoe

20. Hill Walking or Treking
Hillwalking

21. What is your 2nd favorite patrol
Swift, i was in the patrol once

22. Abseiling or River Gorging
River Gorging

23. Favorite Scouting Skill
First Aid

24. Funniest Moment in scouts
When we were river gorging, Barry wouldn't Jump so he had to sit down, but he fell of anyway...


11th September 2008

    Scout Interviews
       Glenn O' Donovan


Glenn O'Donavan is one of those scouts that seem to be here for ever. He joined the troop in Sept. 02 and for most of that time is has been in the Swift. He has 4 Expeditions and 2 Campcraft under his belt which must be a record of some sort. Glenn also helps out with our Cub pack and I'm sure he will make a fine leader with us someday.

1.    Icelandic tent or Dome tent
Icelandic tent

2. Gelert, Vango, Regata, Low Alpine or The North face
Low Alpine - I have a bag at home, it could be Regata as well

3. Mountain boots or Not?
Mountain boots

4. Oxtail or Vegetable soup
Oxtail

5. Best Scout Camp
Perros Guirec, Fance 03

6. favorite Camp meal
Chicken Curry " 3rd Cork style"

7. Best Weekend Away
Mt. Melleray, Base Weekend 07 The weekend with the small rafts.

8. Worst Event with Scouts
Orienteering

9. Sisal or Rope for knots
Sisal

10. Won't forget minute in scouting
Phoenix this year, calling out the results Finishing 3rd, 19 pts off was amazing

11. Campcraft or Bases
Bases

12. Favourite Day of the Week
Friday. Used to be Saturday but I work now.

13. Shield or Phoenix
Phoenix

14. Your Favourite PL
Dave Stuart

15. Camping or Hosteling
Camping

16. The Funniest Scout you have known
Barry O'Sullivan

17. Head torch or Normal Torch
Head torch

18. New Activity troop should try
Slide longest on a wet Ground sheet. it’s a pure Peter kind of a thing to do!

19. Best Game / Base in the Hut
Lights out (the Key Run)

20. Hill Walking or Treking
<Hillwalking (MPC's especially)

21. What is your 2nd favorite patrol
Curlew - I was in that patrol when I started

22. Abseiling or River Gorging
Both

23. Favorite Scouting Skill
First Aid

24. Funniest Moment in scouts
When Steven O'Mahony nearly pushed me off the cliff in Mytleville. Funny but scary.


6th March 2008


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